Peter Davies, 1968, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First
Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Very minor rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Very light offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the internal pages had become aged toned. Photographic dust wrapper, showing an Australian flag with bullet holes, against a black coloured background with green and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and a little to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. Sun darkening to the spine region. Some marks to the front and back dust wrapper panels. Author photograph on the rear fold over panel. A novel set in the near future where Australia is on the brink of becoming a republic. The new regime promises heavy censorship and the inexorable suppression of all opposition. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages, last blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Fiction -- Australian; Australia; Inventory No: 0104472.
Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Very minor rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Very light offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the internal pages had become aged toned. Photographic dust wrapper, showing an Australian flag with bullet holes, against a black coloured background with green and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and a little to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. Sun darkening to the spine region. Some marks to the front and back dust wrapper panels. Author photograph on the rear fold over panel. A novel set in the near future where Australia is on the brink of becoming a republic. The new regime promises heavy censorship and the inexorable suppression of all opposition. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages, last blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Fiction -- Australian; Australia; Inventory No: 0104472.